JuD ban will make no difference, says Hafiz Saeed

LAHORE: The leader of banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) Hafiz Saeed has said that the ban on JuD would make no difference.

He was addressing a protest rally on Friday against blasphemous caricatures here, ARY News reported.

He also announced to form a new group Tehreek-i-Hurmat-e-Rasool.

He said the Muslims will not remain silent over the blasphemous sketches but will launch a global movement against it.

Talking on the ban on JuD, Saeed said that it makes no difference. He said only his pension account has been ceased. He said the matter of the ban on Jamaat-ud-Dawa is four-year old and the foreign ministry spokesperson has only repeated it.

He claimed that Jamaat-ud-Dawa was not a sectarian group but working for the unity of Muslims and serving the humanity. He claimed that no act of terrorism could be proved against the group.